For the latest 826 Valencia field trip I arrived Thursday morning and was surprised to see a group of folks from Santa Fe New Mexico who would help out with the field trip to see how it is done. That meant instead of the 5 people who usually work the field trips, there was more […]

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   Ok, a bit more self promotion.
I am happy to announce I will have a new convention sketchbook at Wondercon 2008….
MAPS, MAGIC, and MENAGERIE
The sketchbook features 32 pages of black and white art with a RPG theme to tie it all together. Each […]

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A NEW item I will be selling at Wondercon 2008 are these handsome postcards. Only $0.25 cents each or FREE with a purchase. The design in Robin Hood and Friar Tuck meeting for the first time. Come on by and pick one up this weekend.

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Annie is a funny colored hamster who wants to mine for gold during the American Gold Rush in California. So she leaves from her home in Spain to go to California on the back of a swimming horse. She’s attacked by flying pigs before being rescued.
 

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This is the latest book I […]

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Here is a tribute to a 1970’s TV Sid and Marty Kroft character H.R.Pufnstuf. He’s the mayor of Living Island where everything is…well…living. The trees, rocks, books, and buildings a long with a lot of wacky puppet characters.

 
Digital color over pencil - character ©2008 Sid and Marty Kroft
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…H.R. Pufstuf tells the story of […]

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At the last meeting of the Cartoonist Conspiracy the group tried something new. Inspired by the Fail! image blog, we would create our own images of Failure. To find out more check out Doctor Popular’s post, who suggested the idea as well as scanned and posted the art to Flickr.
Here are some of the pieces […]

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Ultraman on his cool hot rod trike. I was inspired by this Batman image by Dan Zettwoch. This was drawn with gouache and tweaked in Photoshop. Check out all his stuff on his blog, really cool, really fun.
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Smokey the dog is based on a real dog owned by one of my students. Here I have drawn him as a Gumshoe.

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